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Old 08-17-2016, 04:09 AM   #41 (permalink)
MJamson
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Originally Posted by Fingie View Post
The ACTUAL reason why vaz/Lada was crap is because it was cheap, so people wouldn't bother to take care of them, maintain or rust proof them. So they usually were already in bad shape from the first owner
Wasn't rust a standard feature on those ? I have heard that the build quality is rather questionable.


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Originally Posted by Fingie View Post
Funniest thing that have passed me must be a 1.0 Daewoo Matiz.
Was it downhill with the wind behind them :P ?

A guy who I worked with had just bought a matiz just before a fishing holiday, it was him and three others who drove form Göteborg up into the Fjörds of Norway, he was sooo pleased with it when he bought it, he was sure that it would save alot of fuel. Anyways long story short, firstly they couldnt fit all the stuff in the car and had to leave a lot behind, they lost a day of fishing as it crawlled up the hills. For the return journey they left stuff behind, and the atmosphere for the return journey was rather bad, they planned for a longer jounry and left alot earlier. He kept it for a few weeks then sold it. He was susequently banned from choosing the vehicle for future trips.

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